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In 2017, cryptocurrencies and the decentralized network that enables them were thrust into the mainstream. Bitcoin staged a stunning rally that saw it go from a $1,000 valuation in January to $20,000 in December 2017. This year has been a different story. Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have been battered as a number of nations have […]

Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last few years you likely are familiar with the term: Bitcoin. However, for those unfamiliar, Bitcoin is a digital currency which acts very much like paper money which can be used to purchase goods or even exchanged for real paper currency like Canadian or U.S. dollars. […]

It was as if gold was taking a lesson from Bitcoin the day before, and for once you couldn’t blame North Korea. On Thursday, the electronic currency plummeted to about $50 after hitting a Wednesday high of about $260. “What did they think?” chuckled someone at a business news meeting I attended. “Bitcoins have no […]